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From: edm@verdix.com (Ed Matthews)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Do birds know who feeds them?
Keywords: birdfood
Message-ID: <1991May29.225602.16384@verdix.com>
Date: 29 May 91 22:56:02 GMT
References: <25107@well.sf.ca.us>
Organization: Verdix Corp.
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In article <25107@well.sf.ca.us> lp@well.sf.ca.us (Lily Pond) writes:
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>My question is, do they [birds] understand that I'm putting the food there
>[in the feeder] for them?

I would speculate yes based on anecdotal evidence.  Certainly birds
materialize on all the nearby tree branches when I start filling the
feeders.  A Blue Jay begs at my grandfather's sliding glass door for
peanuts. The Red-Bellied Woodpeckers at my father-in-law's house come
flying up and squawk loudly when they see anyone come outside -- again
looking for peanuts -- which they are very adept at snatching out of
the air.
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Ed Matthews                                                edm@verdix.com
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Chantilly, Virginia